http://stagingpoint.com/2008/01/03/yes-virginia-bloggers-are-still-destroying-civilization/ a microscopic cog in the catastrophic plan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://stagingpoint.com/2008/01/03/yes-virginia-bloggers-are-still-destroying-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-6756 Andy Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:24:24 +0000 http://stagingpoint.com/2008/01/03/yes-virginia-bloggers-are-still-destroying-civilization/#comment-6756 Ed, you're right--it's just plain and simple elitism. It's just hard for me to believe that somebody would just come out with such a nakedly elitist point of view like that--especially an elitist point of view that has been heard countless times before to no real avail. In addition to making the author look like a snob, it's sort of like holding up a sign that says "I, a self-professed internet critic, don't get the internet at all." And that's weird. Ed, you’re right–it’s just plain and simple elitism. It’s just hard for me to believe that somebody would just come out with such a nakedly elitist point of view like that–especially an elitist point of view that has been heard countless times before to no real avail. In addition to making the author look like a snob, it’s sort of like holding up a sign that says “I, a self-professed internet critic, don’t get the internet at all.” And that’s weird.

]]> http://stagingpoint.com/2008/01/03/yes-virginia-bloggers-are-still-destroying-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-6755 Ed Heil Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:30:33 +0000 http://stagingpoint.com/2008/01/03/yes-virginia-bloggers-are-still-destroying-civilization/#comment-6755 It's elitism. To think that somebody can go and share their thoughts with the world without having the financial resources necessary to sit through four to eight years of college and build contacts in the publishing business, without learning to say only things that publishers find uncontroversial, or *lucratively* controversial? The Wrong Kind Of People might find themselves with a voice, and they might say all manner of things with it. Something must be done. It’s elitism. To think that somebody can go and share their thoughts with the world without having the financial resources necessary to sit through four to eight years of college and build contacts in the publishing business, without learning to say only things that publishers find uncontroversial, or *lucratively* controversial?
The Wrong Kind Of People might find themselves with a voice, and they might say all manner of things with it.
Something must be done.

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